Tonnage Tax
(asked on 20th December 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of tonnage on the UK Ship Register was from the (a) coastal freight, (b) container, (c) bulk carrier, (d) cruise and (e) offshore supply sectors in each year since 2010.
The proportion of tonnage on the UK Ship Register, for ships over 100 gross tonnage, at the end of March in each year since 2010 is shown below:
Year | (a) Coastal Freight | (b) Container | (c) Bulk Carrier | (d) Cruise | (e) Offshore Supply |
2010 | 28% | 53% | 10% | 7% | 3% |
2011 | 29% | 54% | 9% | 4% | 3% |
2012 | 27% | 52% | 14% | 4% | 3% |
2013 | 29% | 48% | 13% | 6% | 4% |
2014 | 32% | 53% | 5% | 6% | 4% |
2015 | 31% | 52% | 8% | 6% | 4% |
2016 | 28% | 50% | 10% | 7% | 4% |
2017 | 29% | 52% | 10% | 6% | 4% |
2018 | 25% | 54% | 11% | 6% | 4% |
The UK Ship Register does not record any specific data on (a) coastal freight as this is not a specific ship type for registration purposes. The data shown above, in (a), includes the following ship types: Cargo; Passenger; Roll On-Roll Off; Tanker; and Other. Only whole percentages are shown.